Eragon worth reading?

[baron8000]

All these children's book and no mention of Terry Pratchett, for shame, all of you.

[mithos23132]

The Sabriel Trilogy (sabriel, lirael, abhorsen , across the wall) - Garth Nix

 

Totally agreement! Those are some of the best books EVER.

 

 

 

 

have you read shade's children? Its not in the same fantasy style but its fantastic. Imo its better than that trilogy.

 

Wow, shades children must have been five or six years ago for me :shock: I'd forgotten about it :lol:

[djo0]

Eragon is worth reading, but it's not the greatest book of all time. Some fantasy that I like better are: Harry Potter, Wheel of Time, Chronicles of Narnia and Dune.

[gedboy2112]

Beouch artmis fowl owns you (writer of artmis fowl fan fic rated r to nc-17)

 

 

 

Yes a 10 yearold can do that Just when No ones watching.

[IGoddessI]

I don't know if it's worth reading over watching... I mean garette Hedlund... Grooooowwwwl

[Zonorhc]

Oh, yes, don't forget to read Terry Pratchett.

 

 

 

If you can get your hands on a copy of Beowulf, read that as well.

[Gilformen]

everyone had a hype fest when eragon was published because the author was still in his teens...sure, good for him, but basically the entire plot was ripped, his writing style is awful, and character development is forced. :roll:

 

 

 

if you want a good read, narnia, lord of the rings, and his dark materials are excellant...if you want something a bit more challenging, try [bleep]ens...his books are some of the best ive read...not really medieval fantasy, but hey. :

[Abelmisi]

 

I dunno, I didn't want to sound like the only books I've read so far are the Harry Potter series, I've read a lot of others including Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Twist Oliver and loads of others. It's just I didn't enjoy those, HP is among the few books that actually "got me interested".

 

it's called oliver twist you noob.

 

 

 

Well here in Hungary, we use first names last and last names first. So you would be Clips Paper, rather than Paper Clip, you noob.

 

 

 

 

 

All others, keep it up and thanks a bunch for the books posted so far. :)

[runescape_rocks]

If you like fantasy/science fiction books, you'll like this book. The only problems I found with the book was very bad dialogue and main characters injecting hordes of deus ex machina steroids.

[lauren1211]

movie sucked. book didn't. neither did eldest, the sequel. and empire (the third one) probably won't either once it comes out. a few suggestions are:

 

 

 

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card

 

Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card

 

Rainbow Six, by Tom Clancy

 

Beowulf by... I forget who.

 

The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis

 

His Dark Materials (a series), by Phillip Pullman (i think)

[unorclan]

If you like fantasy/science fiction books, you'll like this book. The only problems I found with the book was very bad dialogue and main characters injecting hordes of deus ex machina steroids.

 

 

 

I dunno how many of you guys know what the bolded words up there in the quote means, but I love to show-off my knowledge.

 

It means like a sudden happening of a item/person/ect suddenly appears or comes and saves the moments.

 

Example- Eragon is standing there with two guys about to chop off his head, then suddenly Brom and Murtagh pop up and shoot arrows threw those two guys heads - thats a deus ex machina

 

 

 

sorry, just had to point that out

[cyco]

I read the first two books before I saw the movie in theaters. I was extremely disappointed in the movie. It was such trash.

[Zonorhc]

If you like fantasy/science fiction books, you'll like this book. The only problems I found with the book was very bad dialogue and main characters injecting hordes of deus ex machina steroids.

 

 

 

I dunno how many of you guys know what the bolded words up there in the quote means, but I love to show-off my knowledge.

 

It means like a sudden happening of a item/person/ect suddenly appears or comes and saves the moments.

 

Example- Eragon is standing there with two guys about to chop off his head, then suddenly Brom and Murtagh pop up and shoot arrows threw those two guys heads - thats a deus ex machina

 

 

 

sorry, just had to point that out

 

Another name for it is authorial fiat. J.K. Rowling is extremely guilty of it.

[unorclan]

If you like fantasy/science fiction books, you'll like this book. The only problems I found with the book was very bad dialogue and main characters injecting hordes of deus ex machina steroids.

 

 

 

I dunno how many of you guys know what the bolded words up there in the quote means, but I love to show-off my knowledge.

 

It means like a sudden happening of a item/person/ect suddenly appears or comes and saves the moments.

 

Example- Eragon is standing there with two guys about to chop off his head, then suddenly Brom and Murtagh pop up and shoot arrows threw those two guys heads - thats a deus ex machina

 

 

 

sorry, just had to point that out

 

Another name for it is authorial fiat. J.K. Rowling is extremely guilty of it.

 

 

 

yeah, JKR is to - but of course you gotta throw those in their somewhere

[llamster]

Don't read Shade's Children if your parents don't let you read adult content, if you know what I mean. It's a pretty good book, though.

[venomai]

Here's a list of my favs after reading HP:

 

- The Hobbit by Tolkien

 

- Lord of the Rings trilogy by Tolkien

 

- The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix

 

- His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman

 

- Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn

 

- The Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve

 

- Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke

 

 

 

:shame: DON'T READ ARTEMIS FOWL.

 

Those are some of the stupidest books ever..

 

I agree... they are pretty bad.

[ThurinEthir]

I'm reading it right now, and it's pretty good.

 

Whether or not it's a good book is an opinion, and people tend to have different opinions. So if I were you, I'd read the beginning. If you're hooked, keep reading. If it's decent, you might as well finish the book. If you think it sucks, maybe read a little more than stop if you still think it sucks.

[Skeptical]

The movie was an embarrassment.

 

Paolini does borrow a lot from LOTR, and I mean a lot, but all fantasy writers owe him a massive debt, and he pays his in a respectful and well-crafted manner.

[champion]

The movie was an embarrassment.

 

Paolini does borrow a lot from LOTR, and I mean a lot, but all fantasy writers owe him a massive debt, and he pays his in a respectful and well-crafted manner.

Stop bumping so many threads. :wall:

 

And yes, I'm aware that by posting this I'm technically bumping the thread too.

[tripsis]

Talk about an old thread :P I'll comment anyway :XD:

 

I enjoyed the books but I hated myself for enjoying them.. there's NOTHING original in the books. It's all copied from LotR, Star Wars, Dragonriders of Pern, etc. In one of the books you almost read a line exactly like "Luke, I am your father." Except it's like "Eragon, I am your half brother."

 

A great book series to read if you love Harry Potter is The Tapestry.

[champion]

I read Eragon when I was in 3rd grade. I think I liked it. I don't remember.

[PoorLepRecon]

I've read all three books (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr). I like them a lot. I know that he has copied a bunch from other works of fiction, but I still enjoy the stories.

[meb]

:wall:

 

Eragon is awful.

[Nom]

I know this is three (!) years old, and Abelmisi has probably already read it, but the answer to the thread question: [bleep] no.

[Sam]

Try The Belgariad & The Malloreon by David Eddings - Christopher Paolini took a lot of inspiration from these series of books.